Black screen and can't reset

My iPhone 4s went black all of a sudden. Tried to reset. No luck. Tried charging overnight. No luck. Any suggestions

Try:
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- Also try DFU mode after try recovery mode
How to put iPod touch / iPhone into DFU mode « Karthik's scribblings
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iOS device fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- Try another cable
- Try on another computer
- If still not successful that usually indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

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Hi spartan220,
If you are getting no video on your MacBook Pro, I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
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Black screen and can't wake up then

Hello,
I have a MacPro 1,1 (2006) 2.66GHz that it is always working as a home server.
After some time working idle the screen goes black. When I want to wake up there is no response. The screen turns into safe energy mode blinking his LED light power indication. I have to force shutting down pushing phisically the power button for some seconds.
What do you think about this strange behavior?
Graphic Card problem? I have another one but I don't test it for now.
I have made a PRAM reset and SMC reset shutting down the MacPro, unplug the power and push the power button for 10 seconds. No results at all.
Even putting Energy System Preference on NEVER (computer sleep and screen) after some time (2-3hours) the MacPro goes to black screen.
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My iPod Touch 4G suddenly went black screen and can't be recognized by iTunes or my computer...AND my Home Button is broken. What can I do?

I was just casually on my iPod and I put it in sleep mode really quick and when I went to use it again, it wouldn't pull up the Lock Screen! All I want to do is update it, but now I can't...anyone got any advice for this specific situation?

Try:
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
When it says place the iPod in recovery mode ue one of these programs:
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RecBoot: Easy Way to Put iPhone into Recovery Mode
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- Try on another computer
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Message was edited by: sara1982

You are correct that the SMC reset procedure is slightly different from earlier MacBooks...
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Try:
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Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Restore from backup. See:
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Did anything happen to prior to your phone acting this way? It sounds like your screen is dead, but it is hard to say without knowing what what the cause.
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